James Haas Scheuer (/ʃɔɪər/ SHOY-er) (February 6, 1920 – August 30, 2005) was an American lawyer and military veteran who served as a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from New York.

Scheuer was born and raised in New York City, where he attended the Ethical Culture Fieldston School.

[2] Scheuer contracted polio while on his honeymoon, and recuperated for a year at President Franklin D. Roosevelt's Warm Springs facility in Georgia.

Scheuer was an early and outspoken opponent of the Vietnam War[3] and opposed governmental interference in private matters such as contraception and abortion.

[2] A strong liberal, he supported legislation for the Head Start early education program, environmental protection and automotive safety.